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Quadruplex Real-Time qPCR Assay for the Simultaneous Assessment of Total Human DNA, Human Male DNA, DNA Degradation and the Presence of PCR Inhibitors in Forensic Samples: A Diagnostic Tool for STR Typing

Journal

Forensic Science International: Genetics

Date Published

March 2008

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

The Increased Value of Forensic Science to Lead Gun Crime Investigations

Event Dates

January 16, 2024, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Eastern

Location

Online

Event Type

Webinar

Registration Status

Not Required

Series

2024 ASCLD Emerging Issues Webinar Series

Qualitative and Quantitative Assessment of Illumina's Forensic STR and SNP Kits on MiSeq FGx (TM)

Journal

PLoS ONE

Date Published

2017

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Program/Project Evaluation

Comment on "DNA Mixtures Interpretation - A Proof-of-Concept Multi-Software Comparison Highlighting Different Probabilistic Methods' Performances on Challenging Samples" by Alladio et al

Journal

Forensic Science International: Genetics

Date Published

2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Developing Allelic and Stutter Peak Height Models for a Continuous Method of DNA Interpretation

Journal

Forensic Science International: Genetics

Date Published

February 2013

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

A panel of 74 AISNPs: Improved Ancestry Inference within Eastern Asia

Journal

Forensic Science International: Genetics

Date Published

2016

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

A 26plex Autosomal STR Assay to Aid Human Identity Testing

Journal

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Date Published

September 2009

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Preliminary assessment of three quantitative approaches for estimating time-since-deposition from autofluorescence and morphological profiles of cell populations from forensic biological samples

Journal

PLoS ONE

Date Published

2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Integrated microfluidic systems for high-performance genetic analysis

Journal

Trends in Biotechnology

Date Published

2009

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

TRcaller: A Novel Tool for Precise and Ultrafast Tandem Repeat Variant Genotyping in Massively Parallel Sequencing Reads

Journal

Frontiers in Genetics

Date Published

2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

The Development of Bioaffinity-based Concepts for On-site Forensic Analyses: Blood, Sweat, and Fingerprints?

Date Published

2018

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Thesis/Dissertation

Extending the discrete Laplace method: Incorporating multi-copy loci, partial repeats and null alleles

Journal

Forensic Science International: Genetics

Date Published

2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

The Impact of False or Misleading Forensic Evidence on Wrongful Convictions

Simplified COI barcoding of blow, flesh, and scuttle flies encountered in medicolegal investigations

Journal

Forensic Science Medicine and Pathology

Date Published

2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

The random presence of glass and paint on the clothing and footwear of members of the general population: A US baseline survey at various seasons

Journal

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Date Published

2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Validation of a Confirmatory Proteomic Mass Spectrometry Body Fluid Assay

Event Dates

December 7, 2023, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Eastern

Location

Online

Event Type

Webinar

Registration Status

Not Required

Series

2023 NIJ Forensic Science R&D Webinar Series

Methods Development for Genome Sequencing Applications

Date Published

2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical), Thesis/Dissertation

Assessing three soil removal methods for environmental DNA analysis of mock forensic geology evidence

Journal

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Date Published

2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

A hybridization target enrichment approach for pathogen genomics

Journal

mBio

Date Published

2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

NIJ Awards $16M to Support Forensic Science Research

On September 26, 2023, NIJ announced $16 million in new funding to support 33 projects under the FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes solicitation. Through this program, NIJ continues to advance the speed, accuracy, and reliability of forensic analysis, which ultimately bolsters the administration of justice.

Funding Highlights for Fiscal Year 2023

Since 2009, NIJ has invested nearly $300 million...

Comparison of Chemical Enhancements for the Detection of Latent Blood

Journal

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Date Published

January 2013

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Comparative Analysis of Two Different Sets of Y-Chromosome Short Tandem Repeats (Y-STRs) on a Common Population Panel

Journal

Forensic Science International: Genetics

Date Published

December 2009

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation, Research (Applied/Empirical)

Evaluating probabilistic genotyping for low-pass DNA sequencing

Journal

Forensic Science International: Genetics

Date Published

2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

State of Charge Effects on Active Material Elemental Composition Changes between Pre-thermal-runaway and Post-failure States for 8-1-1 Nickel-manganese-cobalt 18650 Cells

Journal

Journal of Energy Storage

Date Published

July 2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

A bacterial signature-based method for the identification of seven forensically relevant human body fluids

Journal

Forensic Science International: Genetics

Date Published

2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)